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An easy-to-understand how-to guide to the single most important
thing you can do in investing — choosing and mixing your
assets successfully.

You don’t need to be an expert analyst, a star
stock-picker, or a rocket scientist to have better investment
results than most other investors. You just need to allocate your
assets in the right way, and have the conviction to stick with that
allocation.

The big secret behind asset allocation — the secret that
most sophisticated investors know and use to their benefit —
is that it’s really not all that hard to do.

Asset Allocation For Dummies serves as a comprehensive guide to
maximizing returns and minimizing risk — while managing
taxes, fees and other costs — in putting together a portfolio
to reflect your unique financial goals.

Jerry A. Miccolis (Basking Ridge, NJ), CFA®, CFP®,
FCAS, MAAA is a widely quoted expert commentator who has been
interviewed in The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, and
appeared on CBS Radio and ABC-TV. He is a senior financial
advisor and co-owner of Brinton Eaton Wealth Advisors (www.brintoneaton.com), a
fee-only investment management, tax advisory and financial planning
firm in Madison, N.J. Dorianne R. Perrucci (Scotch Plains, NJ) is a
freelance writer who has been published in The New York Times,
Newsweek, and TheStreet.com, and has collaborated on several
financial books, including I.O.U.S.A, One Nation, Under Stress, In
Debt (Wiley, 2008).

Dummies has always stood for taking on complex concepts and making them easy to understand. Dummies helps everyone be more knowledgeable and confident in applying what they know. Whether it's to pass that big test, qualify for that big promotion or even master that cooking technique; people who rely on dummies, rely on it to learn the critical skills and relevant information necessary for success.